I enjoy these quick looks each week but man the downward decline of Game Room keeps going and it is kind of depressing. Like I mentioned a couple weeks ago I don't think there is going to be anything to change this fate since Game Room needs newer games / games from more publishers but they obviously don't have the deals signed for that stuff and they have not done well enough with their current stuff to sign new deals, so they are pretty much doomed.
No matter how bad you feel for keeping doing the game room, please keep on doing it - you're documenting the historical rise and downfall of this service, please don't stop until Microsoft pulls the plug.
" Talking about not doing Game Room anymore? No! You CANNOT stop doing Game Room. If you stop covering this shit and everyone forgets about Game Room and how bad it is, Microsoft wins. And so do the terrorists. Do you want the terrorists to win, Jeff? "
Think of the children, Jeff! Will anyone think of the children?!
" Don't end the game room. But I severely agree about the "late 80's hardware" That's what I was excited for when I heard about Game Room. All the arcade games I saw growing up, but didn't have the quarters to play. Missed opportunity. Really, who in their right mind wants to play 2600 games? "
There's so much you could add.
ColecoVision/Coleco ADAM
Commadore 64
Amiga
PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16
NES*
SNES*
Genesis
Master System
Atari 5200
Atari 7800
Atari 8-bit
CPS1
CPS2
Neo-Geo AES/MVS
*Would obviously only be 3rd party games, and you couldn't use the system in the cabinet design, but damn it if I wouldn't like to be able to play Faxanadu and Phalanx again.
It looked quite promising on the first couple of hours after launch.
@YukoAsho said:
" @WEGGLES said:
" Don't end the game room. But I severely agree about the "late 80's hardware" That's what I was excited for when I heard about Game Room. All the arcade games I saw growing up, but didn't have the quarters to play. Missed opportunity. Really, who in their right mind wants to play 2600 games? "
There's so much you could add.
ColecoVision/Coleco ADAM
Commadore 64
Amiga
PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16
NES*
SNES*
Genesis
Master System
Atari 5200
Atari 7800
Atari 8-bit
CPS1
CPS2
Neo-Geo AES/MVS
*Would obviously only be 3rd party games, and you couldn't use the system in the cabinet design, but damn it if I wouldn't like to be able to play Faxanadu and Phalanx again. "
Atari 2600 doesn't make sense in a cabinet design either, that didn't stop them.
I think it would be awesome if they put a Amiga keyboard in the cabinet or anything like that.
I guess it's too late for them to save Game Room though.
@fisk0: Well, the reason you couldn't use the SNES and NES would be because of Nintendo. But at least that would force them to make decent fucking cabinet art. At least hopefully. They go the Konami arcade cabinet route and I'm crying.
And I knew it was going to crap out from the beginning when we learned that games that we already had via XBLA would be in the Game Room and that you'd have to pay extra. That was SUPER fishy.
Either Game Room needs awesome new (more modern) arcades or be put out of its misery. It's heart-breaking comparing recent Game Room QLs to the first one where there was genuine excitement about what could be.
" Either Game Room needs awesome new (more modern) arcades or be put out of its misery. It's heart-breaking comparing recent Game Room QLs to the first one where there was genuine excitement about what could be. "
For those who have forgotten, here's the first quick look. Listen to Jeff and Co. back then.
Then re-watch the current one. It's depressing the way the guys are, and what Game Room could have been.
i under stand you'll never see a nintendo game in gameroom but damn, get something besides 2600 games. sega will sell everything they have. get some old arcade classics in here. this shit is corny the way it is and i wouldnt play those games for free. this is why i havent set a virtual foot in the game room.
Brad, are you understanding what you have said? Microsoft made $600 off of one game where they probably have put in nowhere near that much money to acquiring and releasing this game.
Anyways, I always love these. It is a trip down memory lane and if memory lane doesn't quite hold up, there is the comedy to make up for that!
" i under stand you'll never see a nintendo game in gameroom but damn, get something besides 2600 games. sega will sell everything they have. get some old arcade classics in here. this shit is corny the way it is and i wouldnt play those games for free. this is why i havent set a virtual foot in the game room. "
But you could still get 3rd party NES and SNES games! It's not that hard! Rad Racer! Faxanadu! Biometal! God, there's so much you could do!
